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  Environment Society of Oman
To the north, the Governorate of Musandam, overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the remainder of Oman by some 95 km of United Arab Emirates territory.
Along the north-east of the range is the alluvial plain of the Batinah region, whilst to the west and south gravel plains stretch to the southern governorate of Dhofar.
In the Governorate of Dhofar the gravel plains rise southwards to the escarpment of the Dhofar mountains, reaching 1,800 m and comprising mainly tertiary rocks, including calcareous shale, limestone, and massive gypsum.
www.environment.org.om /environment.php   (1675 words)

  
  NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Kafr ash Shaykh
Kafr ash Shaykh is one of the governorates of Egypt.
Ash Sharqiyah is one of the governorates of Egypt.
muhaz (governorate) in the middle Nile Delta, Lower Egypt, bounded on the east and west by the Damietta and the Rosetta branches of the Nile, on the north by Kafr ash-Shaykh muhaz and by al-Minufiyah muhaz to the south.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kafr-ash-Shaykh   (496 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Al Wadi al Jadid
It is the least populated governorate in Egypt with the least density per square kilometre.
Governorates of Egypt Egypt is divided into 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah): Ad Daqahliyah Al Bahr al Ahmar Al Buhayrah Al Fayyum Al Gharbiyah Al Iskandariyah Al Ismailiyah Al Jizah Al Minufiyah Al Minya Al Qahirah Al Qalyubiyah Al Wadi al Jadid Ash Sharqiyah As Suways Aswan Asyut Bani Suwayf Bur Sa...
Al Minya is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Al-Wadi-al-Jadid   (731 words)

  
 Musandam - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Musandam governorate consists of four wilayat namely Khasab, Bukha, Daba Al Bayah and Madha.
Khasab town is the regional center of the Governorate.
Musandam Governorate has a lot of strategic importance owing to its proximity to the International sea route of Strait of Hormuz.
arikah.com /encyclopedia/Musandam   (162 words)

  
 Environment Society of Oman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
To the north, the Governorate of Musandam, overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the remainder of Oman by some 95 km of United Arab Emirates territory.
Along the north-east of the range is the alluvial plain of the Batinah region, whilst to the west and south gravel plains stretch to the southern governorate of Dhofar.
In the Governorate of Dhofar the gravel plains rise southwards to the escarpment of the Dhofar mountains, reaching 1,800 m and comprising mainly tertiary rocks, including calcareous shale, limestone, and massive gypsum.
environment.org.om /environment.php   (1675 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Governorate
244,354), capital of Sharqiyah governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta.
It is a commercial center located in a fertile plain where wheat, grapes, fruit, and vegetables are grown.
It is the market center for an irrigated farm region where cotton, wheat, barley, millet, and corn are grown.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Governorate&StartAt=11   (366 words)

  
 Times of Oman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
And this figure is nearly 40 per cent (39.6 per cent) of the total population in the Governorate of Muscat, the ministry said.
Ash Sharqiyah region has been ranked third with 313,761, which is 13.4 percent of the total population in the Sultanate.
MADHA — A ceremony was held in Madha, Musandam governorate yesterday under the auspices of Sheikh Said bin Mohammed Al Buraiki, governor of Musandam to celebrate the opening of Wadi Al Sorooj recharge dam project.
www.timesofoman.com /newsdetails.asp?newsid=4105&pn=local   (839 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - June 3, 2005 - Article 9
Governorate of Dhofar is an exception, where heavy and regular rain is registered from June to October due to monsoon.
Governorate of Muscat is situated on the Gulf of Oman at the south part of Al Batinah coast.
Governorate of Musandant is distinguished for its strategic location, with part of it known as Ras Musandam - overlooks the international water passage called the Strait of Hormuz.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20050603/feat9en.htm   (3712 words)

  
 Ash-Sharqiyah region
Ash Sharqiyah Region is the north east front of Oman over looking the Arabian Sea from the east.
Ash Sharqiyah Region consists of wilayats : Sur, Ibra, Bidiyah, AI Qabil, Al Mudaybi Dima Wa At Taiyyin, Al Kamil Wa Al Wafi,.Jaalan Bani Bu Ali, Jaalan Bani Bu Hussan, Wadi Bani Khalid, Masirah.
In the north it neighbours the Wilayat of Quriyat, which is part of the Governorate of Muscat, in the south the Wilayat of Ibra, in the east the Wilayats of Al Qabil and Badiya and in the west the Wilayats of Al Mudaibi and Bidbid, which is part of the Dakhaliya.
www.omanet.om /english/regions/sharqiyah1.asp?cat=reg   (4006 words)

  
 Encyclopædia Britannica Australia -
One of the principal cities located on the Zamboanga Peninsula, it lies 8 miles (12 km) northwest of Dipolog, the largest settlement of the region.
(governorate), northeastern Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea.
Its triangular area, with the "point" to the south, is traversed by the Damietta branch of the Nile.
www.britannica.com.au /britannica_browse/d/d7.html   (1550 words)

  
 Ash Wednesday - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ash Wednesday
Christians used to cover their heads with ashes to show repentance, a custom continued today by some Christians, including Roman Catholics, who mark their foreheads with a cross in ash, as a sign of penitence (sorrow for sins).
Traditionally, the ashes are made from the palm leaves of the previous year's Palm Sunday service (commemorating Jesus' entry into Jerusalem).
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Ash%20Wednesday   (192 words)

  
 Al Minya -
Al Minya (Arabic: محافظة المنيا) is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt.
The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, originally known in Sahidic Coptic as tmoone (ⲧⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ) and in Bohairic as thmonē (ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ), meaning “the residence”, in reference to a monastery formerly in the area.
The governorate's total population exceeds 2 million (~5.5% of Egypt's total); it is one of the most highly populated governorates of Upper Egypt.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Al_Minya   (938 words)

  
 Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse
(governorate), Egypt, on the Nile River delta north-northeast of Cairo.
one of the satraps (governors) of the Seleucid king Antiochus III, who is credited, with Artaxias (
Russian revolutionary who shot and wounded General Fyodor F. Trepov, the governor of St. Petersburg, and who was acquitted by the jury in a much-publicized...
www.britannicaindia.com /britannica_browse/z/z2.html   (1674 words)

  
 EGYPT - March 14, 2007+ - News on sus cases - FluTrackers
The eastern [Ash Sharqiyah governorate] is Abdul Ati Mohamed:
Declared the consultant greets Abd Al-Majid a governor the eastern that the detention of Ramadan scrutiny took place Mohamed "54 years" from Al Qtawea is Abu Hammad position in the hospital of Zagazig fevers for the suspicion of its injury by the bird flu virus.
It is noteworthy that Egypt announced the emergence of avian influenza in February 2006 and died 13 cases and recovered 10 human cases and hospital cases under treatment while the disease struck poultry industry and the cause of the Egyptian economic losses.
www.flutrackers.com /forum/showthread.php?t=18706   (2813 words)

  
 AL MINUFIYAH GOVERNORATE : Encyclopedia Entry
Al Minufiyah (Arabic: المنوفية) is one of the principal governorates of Egypt.
This governorate is known particularly for being the birthplace of two Egyptian presidents: Anwar Sadat (1918-1981, born in Mit Abul Kom) and Hosni Mubarak (1928-, born in Kafr-El Meselha).
Al-Minufiyah Al Minya ;· Cairo · Al-Qalyubiyah Al-Uqsur ;· Al-Wadi al-Jadid · Ash Sharqiyah · As Suways Aswan Asyut Bani Suwayf Bur Sa'id ;· Domyat · Janub Sina' ;· Kafr ash Shaykh · Matruh Qina Shamal Sina' Suhaj
bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Al_Minufiyah_Governorate   (650 words)

  
 Sultanate of Oman - Ministry of National Economy - Regional Development And Regional Distribution of Investment
There is the fertile Al Batinah plain in the north west of Muscat the remote Empty quarter in the west and the semi equatorial green plain of Salalah in the south.
In addition a number of major projects of a global nature were implemented in the governorates of Muscat although their impact extended all over the country.
This increase in the relative share of regions outside the governorate of Muscat conform fully with the new development directions regarding the reduction of the variations between the different governorates and regions.
www.moneoman.gov.om /reg_dev.asp   (1362 words)

  
 OCHA Humanitarian update OPT (1-15 July 2003) - OCHA press release (15 July 2003)
While the general situation has eased in Gaza, in the Nablus Governorate it is quite the opposite.
A series of new moves in the past two weeks – including significant land acquisitions, restrictions on truck movements and a new settler outpost – are likely to worsen the humanitarian situation of the area and have caused real concern to Nablus residents.
According to the Governor, the IDF civil-military office offered to show him a map but only if he is willing to sign a document in Hebrew.
domino.un.org /UNISPAL.NSF/561c6ee353d740fb8525607d00581829/7f27437e9d0b517785256d7200500819!OpenDocument   (1555 words)

  
 Situation Reports: Occupied Palestinian Territory, OCHA Humanitarian Update Occupied Palestinian Territories 1 - 15 Jul ...
A series of new moves in the past two weeks - including significant land acquisitions, restrictions on truck movements and a new settler outpost - are likely to worsen the humanitarian situation of the area and have caused real concern to Nablus residents.
The land belongs to the village of Lubban ash-Sharqiyah located in the southern Nablus governorate, north of the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Levona and west of Eli settlement.
According to the Governor, the IDF civil-military office offered to show him a map but only if he is willing to sign a document in Hebrew.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/2bc64b8b720d3b5f85256d75005222fd   (1774 words)

  
 Britannica Online Service :: Search
(governorate) in the eastern Nile River delta, Lower Egypt.
Named for Captain Louis-Gustave Binger, first governor of the French Ivory Coast...
American actress who not only achieved great popularity as a performer but also became perhaps the country's first successful actress-producer.
www.britannica.co.kr /boltitles/b/b28.html   (1735 words)

  
 Disease Risk Analysis - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Travel Medicine, Inc., recommends that travelers use the International Certificate of Vaccination (Yellow Card) for this purpose, having their health-care provider state "exempt from cholera vaccine" and validate the exemption with both their signature and their official stamp (the "Uniform Stamp" in the United States).
Falciparum malaria is endemic only in the El Faiyum Governorate, where it predominates.
Vaccination is recommended for travelers expecting to have extended contact with the indigenous population.
www.travmed.com /maps/country.epl?c=Egypt   (1678 words)

  
 ElasticCup: November 2004
The city's name was derived from Ocali, the Timucua Indian name for the province through which Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto passed in 1539; its literal meaning is unknown.
Also spelled Bilbeis, or Bilbis, town, southwestern ash-Sharqiyah muhafazah (governorate) in the eastern Nile River delta, Lower Egypt.
Bilbays lies northeast of Cairo, on the main road from Ismailia and Port Said and on the al-Isma'iliyah Canal.
elasticcup.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_elasticcup_archive.html   (872 words)

  
 Geonomy
Place: Rosetta 'rosetta' is the anglicised name of the city of 'rashid', a port city on the mediterranean sea in egypt.
it is located 65 km east of alexandria, at, in al-buhayrah governorate.
Place: Zagazig 'zagazig' ('zakazik', arabic, 'az-zaqāzīq الزقازيق'), is a town of lower egypt, in the eastern part of the nile delta, and is the capital of the province of ash sharqiyah governorate.
www.geonomy.com /geonomy/viewHome.do?zoom=2&tagName=Egypt   (3007 words)

  
 Flu Wiki Forum :: New Cases in Egypt II
And in El-Behera Governorate the discovery of a positive site took place to house birds injured by the bird flu the confirmation of its positivity took place in the central laboratory in the Ministry of Health..
The 25-year-old mother, her 12-year-old son and daughter, 10, from a village in Sohag governorate, were hospitalized after showing the first symptoms of the sickness, the province's veterinary services chief Mohammed al-Masri told the official MENA news agency.
The session concluded that the implementation of conservation and the Supreme Committee to confront the disease does not appear until the new cases infected with avian influenza.
www.newfluwiki2.com /showDiary.do?diaryId=222   (9465 words)

  
 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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Map of Egypt showing the Al Bahr Al Ahmar Governorate.
"El Bahr El Ahmar", literally "The Red Sea") is one of the governorates of Egypt.
It is located between the Nile and the Red Sea in the southeast of the country and its southern border forms part of Egypt's border with Sudan.
stron.frm.pl /wiki.php?title=Al_Bahr_al_Ahmar_Governorate   (110 words)

  
 Study in Oman :: About Oman
The total land area is approximately 309,500km2 and it is the third largest country in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Sultanate of Oman is divided into three governorates - Muscat, Dhofar and Musandam and five regions, i.e.
The administrative system of the State under His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said consists of the Diwan of Royal Court, the Ministry of Palace Office, the Cabinet of Ministers and Secretariat of the Cabinet, the Specialised Councils, the Governorate of Muscat, the Governorate of Dhofar and the Council of Oman (Majlis Oman).
www.arabiancampus.com /studyinoman/aboutoman.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 13 September 2004 through Thursday, 16 September 2004.    (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Puppet governor Nijrafan Ahmad survived the attack, but two of his companions were wounded, according to Abu Dhabi TV.
Eye witnesses told the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that four bodies of US soldiers were taken from the scene and put aboard another Humvee in fl body bags, indicating that they were dead.
At the moment of writing, American snipers were deploying atop buildings in the area of The 1920 Revolution Street and on the roof of the governorate building.
www.albasrah.net /moqawama/english/0904/iraqiresistancereport_13-160904.htm   (6686 words)

  
 Giza Portion @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Great Sphinx of Giza with Khafre's pyramid in the background.
It is the capital of the Al Jizah Governorate, and is located in the northeast of this governorate, near its border.
Once thriving with the Nile that flowed right into the Giza Plateau, the Pyramids of Giza were built overlooking the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, which was near modern day Cairo during the time of construction.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Giza   (357 words)

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